I never asked for this disease. As far as I know, I didn’t do anything to bring it upon myself. So much is not known about what causes Multiple Sclerosis, I can’t even justify my diagnosis as being in the wrong place at the wrong time. It just happened. Poor, poor Dan. I sobbed so…… Continue Reading
Catch the Digmanns in the news
Tick tock
Can you hear that? Maybe it is one of the clocks in our front room. Tick tock, tick tock. Nope, that’s not it. Tick tock… there it goes again. Only faster now – more like the stopwatch from the television show 60 Minutes. Less tick tock, more tick-tick-tick. I wonder to myself, “Hmm… where is that…… Continue Reading
Use nature’s fast food to keep you healthy
We are so excited to present our first-ever guest post to our blog. It is from registered dietitian Grace A. Derocha. Grace is a health and wellness social media analyst at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan, where she also is involved with wellness care management and health promotion program development and consulting. We…… Continue Reading
Heinz 57
Jennifer and I quickly are learning that the work involved with writing a book doesn’t end when you send it to the printer. It’s just beginning. Fortunately we received word from the printer early last week, and our book, Despite MS, to Spite MS, is right on schedule. We will have them available for our…… Continue Reading
'Despite MS, to Spite MS'
I keep telling Jennifer, “This really is going to happen!” We’ve written our book, “Despite MS, to Spite MS.” Our designer sent it to the printer on Tuesday, Aug. 2, and we’re hoping you are as excited to read it as we are to share it with you! “Despite MS, to Spite MS” is a…… Continue Reading
An MS caregiver's cry – Take me
I always thought I could handle whatever MS threw at me. Numb hands and feet all the time. Tingly torso and cheeks when I’m tired. Weak left leg after I run two miles. I’ve managed all of these symptoms since I was diagnosed. But after nearly nine years it has found my weak spot, and…… Continue Reading
It's not my fault, but …
Forgive our absence from writing, we’ve been busy (and who hasn’t?) Between enjoying summer, spending time with family, celebrating the holiday and watching fireworks, I’m pooped. Dan probably is too, but we keep going. He works and runs, and once again, I’m taking an English class at CMU. Life is hectic and I think that…… Continue Reading
Bug bites
A bug usually bites me a couple times each year, but its most recent nip was somewhat venomous. Try as I may, I can’t seem to stop scratching the mark it left. It’s like any other bug bite: Each time the bite itches, I scratch it. Again. And again, and again, and again … It’s…… Continue Reading
Foreshadowing
Foreshadowing – the organization and presentation of events and scenes in a work of fiction or drama so that the reader or observer is prepared to some degree for what occurs later in the work. Did you celebrate World MS Day on May 25? When I think back on my past life, I really wouldn’t…… Continue Reading
Consider the alternatives
Around about the times Jennifer and I were diagnosed – 14 and 11 years ago, respectively – we both heard they were great times to be diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Before we each had the opportunity to punch the optimistic messenger square in the nose (Really? A good time for having a chronic, progressive disease?),…… Continue Reading